Description

Garmin Helm™ allows you to use an Android™ phone or tablet to view and control a Garmin GPSMAP® 5x7, 7x1, 8x0, 10x0, 7400/7600, and 8600 which have built-in Wi-Fi. When paired with a GPSMAP 8000 series chartplotter the Garmin Marine Wi-Fi Adapter is required (sold separately). ** Requires latest chartplotter firmware. **

Features: • View and control the chartplotter • Enhances situational awareness for the mariner • Works seamlessly with SmartMode™ to group chartplotter thumbnails by station when used with a GPSMAP 8000 Glass Helm system• Easily switch between chart plotters using thumbnail screen preview • Connect multiple Android devices simultaneously

Visit www.garmin.com for updated device compatibility information.

Android is a trademark of Google Inc.

Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

For more information on chartplotter firmware updates, visit http://www8.garmin.com/support/software/marine.html

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3.6

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Dave Brezina

Works with GPSMAP 741 to display but not control. With my older tablet it goes full screen when you rotate the tablet. With my newer phone it doesn't, which makes it less useful because it's tiny.

Useless, won't connect to device

T Roy

Searches but but never finds GpsPlotter.

Tamer Dighidi

Good one

Eugene Starostin

Doesn't work for echomap 50s and 52dv. Tried on samsung tab s2, iphone 7 and air 2.

Bay Gudjan

The app is searching for devices all the time and can't discover my Garmin 50dv at all.

User reviews

Dave Brezina August 20, 2017

Works with GPSMAP 741 to display but not control. With my older tablet it goes full screen when you rotate the tablet. With my newer phone it doesn't, which makes it less useful because it's tiny.

Game changer out of the box)) Xs/Xsv series - works great! Chart/Planning and Autopilot/Sonar/Radar/FusionLink/Video/etc. All OK, it's just a matter of a wireless signal quality . Connect an MFD to a network gateway - 1) coverage/speed will increase 2) you won't lose Internet connection :)

How can I go back to before it quit working? I want to go back to before the update that made all my devices useless. I also want to shut off auto update for this app, at least untill you get it fixed. Before that update I thought the 741xs was the cats meow, if you asked me now, im considering other option's. So where do I find the updates from before it quit making me happy or useless? Before youd have got 5 stars

Latest firmware on a 721xs (version 6.30). Tested Garmin Helm on a OnePlus One phone and a Galaxy Tab S2. Unusable on both. Just a small static display on the OnePlus One and a grayish rectangle on the Tab S2, also static. It seems to work just fine on my iPad...

DOES NOT WORK I installed this waste of time on 3 different devices, all of which are up to date. It doesn't do anything at all except show a small unreadable image of the Garmin display. The tech support is completely useless, they ask if you have up to date software, then nothing, a week later the same question from some other douchebag. COMPLETELY USELESS, DON'T EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO USE IT

After buying the Garmin 741xs because this allowed me to control it from the cockpit with either a tablet or phone, the app broke and has not worked in months. With the first app update, the tablet stopped working and with the last update, I can no longer control it with my phone and only get a small display of the 741xs that only uses a quarter of the screen and cannot be controlled from the phone. Please fix the android app!

GPSMAP 1020sx and Samsung S5 Running Android 5.0 this app works well. There is only a small delay on wifi. It took less than 2 minutes to setup. It's like having a second screen. Connected Fusion Stereo to Garmin (NMEA) and now don't need fusion remote.

Very limited in the instruments that it interfaces with. I have a new Echmap 50dv and it would seem that the WiFi function is pretty useless. It doesn't work with Helm nor will my Android phone talk to it. Garmin offer up BlueChart Mobile as a panacea but that only seems to be available for Apple products. I kinda wish I knew about this prior to purchase

Works but doesn't... This application performed wonderfully on my Nexus 5 however it crashes upon launch on my Nexus 7. Several varying attempts with WiFi and connection timing didn't change the result. Id like to see this fixed, as a tablet is optimal for screen replication.

Won't work. BUT I WANT IT!!! This is exactly what I want for my boat - wont work with my droid turbo. Connects to the device (recent firmware from garmin on 50dv) but just sits and spins. . . Same on my LG G Pad. Cmon please fix!!!

Waste of time This app doesn't work with a Garmin ecomap 50s. I think it's kind of crappy that Garmin advertises that you can use the Wi-Fi with an android phone but it doesn't work you have to use an iPhone. My unit is brand new and I updated it with the latest software before trying this.

Update Firmware!!! App Does Work!! Was having issues with the app. It was stuck on searching networks for devices yet I was connected to the network the device generates. I thought to try updating the firmware on my father's GPSMAPS 547xs by downloading the latest updates from Garmin to a microSD cards and popping it in the unit. Once the firmware installed the app instantly recognized the unit. Works awesomely!

Very disappointed. The IPhone version allows you to record what you see on the screen to the phone. The Android version does not. Why is the Android version crippled????? That's the main reason I wanted the App!

Won't connect to gps721 Finally Garmin realized there is something called android out there but then they screwed it up. App gets stuck searching for devices on the gps721 wifi network and will never find the device... Uninstalled ...

Not pairing Same problem as earlier poster. Not connecting to 721 chartplotter. Why is it that American companies are so bad at integrating with android? Can it be possible that the entire USA have not caught on to the fact that iOS is not the dominant OS by a rather long way!?